One of our new class officers, Tara Benedict, has shared some great photos from a campus walking tour on our Cornell Class of 2001 Classmates group on Facebook. Online news form. Retirement paved the way for even more frequent and extended trips. John Wilkinson ([email protected]) and his wife, Peggy, are now spending half the year in their new home in Jupiter, FL, and the rest of the time in California. Ed has continued consulting, but his daily life has not changed much. For her work delivering millions of meals during the COVID pandemic, she was awarded an OBE (Officer of the Order of the British Empire) in the Queens Birthday Honours List for 2020. I am all right not seeing people as long as we can talk and have those family Zoom meets. Brad Bond, email c/o Alexandra Bond 12, [email protected]. Our biggest takeaway from the pandemic was that Athens was much more responsible with COVID restrictions than surrounding areas. Dean ([email protected]) and Mary Williams (Ohio State 63) live in La Canada, CA. Help classmates keep up with news about you. Keep your fingers crossed that the pandemic will not interfere with this historic event. Our family brought Ruby, our dog, on several gorge hikes and then to the lawn of AEPhi, where the sisters loved to love her up, happy drool and all. Certain laboratory modifications were introduced, however, to match the new content of the EE curriculum. With the help of friends and of people they have never met, orbisculate has appeared in poems, in a crossword puzzle, and even on a warning sign surreptitiously placed in a grocery store, cautioning customers that citrus fruits are known to orbisculate. He . Want to show your best work to the 2023 Endeavor Business Media, All Rights Reserved Our takeaway from the pandemic: it is not over. She survived her freshman year on campus pandemic style and is excited to go back and have a more normal Cornell experience as a sophomore living in the AXO sorority house. There is a moral there.. and tutoring graduate students at U. of Washington. With my colleagues at Lead Stories, we won the fact check category. He also has a book proposal based on his career as a lawyer and consultant working on climate change that has been sent to agents and is awaiting a response. She has been battling bone marrow cancer for four years and is on chemotherapy. For a bunch of reasons, my first class Reunion was our 50th in 2000. Racers keep track of how many theyve done, and this will be my 20th race. Online news form. So, I live in a paradise of hiking, golf, and skiing (more cross country than downhill in recent years). Rachels on the classics faculty at Case Western in Cleveland. I am an author/co-editor of a book, Decision Making Under Deep Uncertainty, that has been downloaded over 400,000 times in two years. Steven Colvin retired in January 2021 after over 40 years at the Minnesota Dept. Its the newest edition of our digital column, and initial reports from the July/August column are positive. As Im writing this in August, I know many of us have been lucky to fit in some summer getaways, celebrate milestones like graduations, and certainly plan for brighter times ahead. Participation is strictly opt-in, and only the information that you enter will be shared. He and Steven Weinberg discussed physics while riding the subway to and from high school. My turn (Cindy Fuller, PhD 92, here): To paraphrase the Grateful Dead, the last 21 months have been a long, strange trip. Richard Hoffman, 2925 28th St. NW, Washington, DC 20008; email, [email protected]. I very much hope to come to a Reunion one of these years. Phillips Hall frames Cornell University's Engineering quad on the north side and houses the School of Electrical Engineering. If youre interested in seeing earlier print issues of Cornell Alumni Magazine, you can access issues going back decades at ecommons.cornell.edu, a service of the Cornell Library. Doing a lot of cooking. John Seiler, [email protected]. We remain in good health. I sold one of my investment firms and transitioned the CEO role in another to my younger partners. Nathanael Greene Slater ([email protected]) remembers beginning a writing seminar in 1975 in the Temple of Zeus, and he is still writing at home. Many of us are turning 50, and its like we have all lived through Version 2.0 of Billy Joels anthem We Didnt Start the Fire, where he sings about historic milestones and cultural icons. Murphy, COVID, and more. Dianne has been doing sewing/craft projects and jigsaw puzzles. The pair will be empty nesters since twins Lena 25 and Maya 25 will be starting at Cornell. Our 10-year-old daughters have done their fifth-grade year virtually. We must strive to look at the big picture through all this. Bruce thinks that we have created a land of consumers more than citizens. Online news form. He and I had been roommates in law school, as well as during post-Vietnam military assignments when we were at nearby bases in Maryland. Online news form. If you sent us your news in the fall, look for it in an upcoming column! From Voorheesville, NY, Cornell trustee emeritus Peter Ten Eyck reports that he is not old enough to retire at 82 and gets much satisfaction from growing food on the large farm that has been in his family for several generations. The faculty researchers in this area exemplify the collaborative nature of the work done at Cornell Engineering. Staying safe and healthy is important, but maintaining mental health and filtering out all the noise is the true test., Next door in Queens, congratulations to former Daily Sun cartoonist Ali Solomon Mainhart, now illustrator of a humorous new book, I Am Why Do I Need Venmo? Years Old: Adventures in Aging. Please feel free to drop us a line with your news for the class column. ), but also tasted some fantastic spirits at the newer distilleriesif youre back up this way, Myer Farm is a dont-miss!and hard cider at the Finger Lakes Cider House (along with Tom 94 and Marisa Piliero LaFalce 96 and their two younger kids). Not to be denied, this hardwired, one-time Cornell EE major and his daughter designed their own comparable mask. The skilled curative engineer also built the prototype medical device to identify and help manage diseases like childhood blindness (amblyopia). Sally Weisberg Goldberg Elam, MS 71, of Fountain Hills, AZ, has a Zoom course called Wellness, Parenting and You! She says, Another name for it is Immunity with Impunity (without punishment). She writes, teaches, and presents about helping parents make the most of their time with their children. She advocates teaching about how the body works as part of basic education. Like most of us, she moved her offices to home in March 2020. She is still working from home as a lawyer at Blank Rome LLP, Washington, DC, and advocating for offshore wind in Virginia as chairman of the Virginia Offshore Wind Development Authority (VOWDA). Wife Carole advises that the food is pretty good. Overall, the pandemic has tested individual and collective sanity. Echoing the thoughts of many, Ed Nathan ([email protected]), along with wife Sandy, shares, My biggest takeaway is the frustration that this has become a political issue. They are spending time in the summer in their Old Forge home. She will be working as a senior behavioral scientist for Vanguard. at our next Reunion. She writes that she has enjoyed being a remote long-distance grandmother to Leo. Richard Hagelberg of Gary, IN, is enjoying 39 years as the CEO of Kidstuff Playsystems (commercial playgrounds) and reports that the pandemic gave him the time to play the French horn and publish Tannhauser Suite for 4 Horns. Hes hoping for a return to performances of the symphony and Broadway shows. Margie and Marc have also visited their daughter, Rachel, and her husband, Colin, parents to AJ and Elliot, and they spent time with son Michael 04 and his wife, Rebecca, on Cape Cod. Please keep all the updates coming. Shana Lory writes that she is living in Nyack, NY, with her husband and daughter and works as a coach/facilitator, partnering with executives and business owners looking to grow their business in a mindful, conscious way. Kudos also to Jeanette Brizel, as she is now the chief human resources officer at the Metropolitan Museum of Art! Walter and wife Kathy recently had family visits in Wisconsin, Ohio, and Connecticut, and planned to drop by Cornell on their way to Ohio from Connecticut. It was a massive design and technical challenge to say, Were going to take four or five different apps, were going to squeeze them down into one, were going to give it to consumers, and we expect them to actually use it. Classmates can check out his work by downloading the app from the Apple App Store and Google Play. He has a new granddaughter and another grandchild on the way. While working nights on an antitrust casebook, he met a lawyer with the Cleveland law firm of Jones, Day, Cockley & Reavis; he joined the firm and four years later became a partner. After living in Redondo Beach, CA, for 26 years, she very happily relocated to Florida with her new hubby. While mild spinal stenosis has (at least temporarily) cut short his tennis game, he still loves golf. Sudip and Joan Button Thakor (Annual Fund) are residing in Connecticut, where they have raised many Cornellians. He observes, When I graduated from med school in 1973, such a thing was unheard of. In 1999, he received the Lewis Thomas Prize, which is awarded to the researcher who best embodies the scientist as poet.. As serious as the pandemic has been, it is only an alarm for much bigger challenges in the future. Professor Electrical and Computer Engineering Phillips Hall, Room 423 607/254-8257. Her great-nephews bar mitzvah of 30 guests was a delightful contrast to previous extravaganzas. My mother had just finished her bowl of hot soup, and I was staring at her swollen stomach. The vacuum-tube manufacturing and analysis facility in Franklin Hall was designated for transfer to the fourth-floor north wing of Phillips Hall. With his passing, they decided that a fitting way to remember his humorous side would be to launch a campaign to get orbisculate into the dictionary. First up is Indy Mukerji, ME 96 ([email protected]), who writes in to let us know thatguess what?his and wife Kerstin (Johnson) 97, MS 98s oldest child just started as a freshman at Cornell! We want all of your updatesany exciting plans for the holiday season or upcoming new year? Im always up for a get-together with fellow Cornelians! Good to see that Sameer is still smiling. She has been so impressed by Cornells response to the pandemic. My family Zooms one evening each week. Jennifer continues to work as an animal behavior specialist with Oregon Humane Society. Features: Table and chairs and shelving unit, Proximity to sink: Around the corner to Duffield Atrium restrooms or around the corner to Phillips Hall 1st floor restrooms. Thank you! Liebe Kazan Gelman ([email protected]), a psychiatrist in Pennsylvania, also has three children, two of them West Point grads, one an Army dermatologist, and one an orthopedic resident who was on the front lines during the pandemic doing trauma surgery. Her daughter is a CPA working as a financial analyst for a fashion company. And lastly, Ann Leister Mayer (Anacortes, WA) continues to enjoy bird watching, a passion she acquired from her ornithologist father, Claude Leister, Class of 1917. Please send an email to any of our class correspondents so we can include your news in future columns. The tiered lecture room was raised to a slope of 1:12 to provide wheelchair access from the lobby. He is currently the chairman and CEO of Angel Medical Systems. This book is, at its core, about relationshipsplatonic, romantic, and chosen family. Michael Hogan of Delmar, NY, chose to spend January and February in Aruba instead of Albany. A public defender, she writes, Work has gotten harder because of the workaround with the pandemic and people teleworking or staying at home. The most satisfaction in life for her is found in people continuing to be kind to each other. If you didnt, please take a moment to submit an online news form or send a message or holiday letter to: Kirk Greenspan, [email protected]. Phillips Hall. Jean writes, Our granddaughter Nina Pofcher 24 is a sophomore in Human Ecology. They were cited for their complementary contributions in formulating the electroweak theory. events have offered me some measure of confusion. [email protected]. Wed love to hear from you and give you your 15 minutes of Cornell fame! Our class includes doctors, lawyers, engineers, professors, and leaders in every field. Jack celebrated his 30th wedding anniversary with his wife, Chris, in a retro Airstream trailer park along a rail-trail bikeway on Cape Cod. Now widowed, Linns going to use her time to get a much-needed knee replacement and then explore St. Louiss many interesting architectural and cultural spots, and to look for volunteer work. We enjoyed volunteering during our years in California: Nan in the Alameda Free Library and Richard with the Oakland Museum of California, repairing donated electronics. Jeffrey Spector writes that his son graduated from high school in June and is attending the U. of Maryland, and his daughter graduated from Colby College in May with a BA in psychology. She cant wait to begin traveling again, to visit family and other beautiful spots around the world! Tom Itin has been presented with the coveted Albert Nelson Marquis Lifetime Achievement Award for his leadership in the field of entrepreneurship. If you have a disability and are having trouble accessing information on this website or need materials in an alternate format, [email protected] assistance. He is thankful for the miraculous views of the Columbia River and the bar at the mouth of the river! Online news form. With the new school year underway, its only fitting that we highlight a star teacher among our classmates: Carly Neumann Santangelo, MAT 13, was named the 2022 New York State Teacher of the Year! I enjoy seeing my grandchildrens dorm rooms or apartments and hearing how that generation is managing now. Barbara remembers with amusement that, at Cornell, dogs had free rein on campus and in the classrooms. Some of our alumni have been living out of the country, including Sean Alexander, MBA 01, who just celebrated his 20th year in Hong Kong. We have fingers crossed that we can fulfill postponed travel plans to Spain and Hawaii this year and to Athens in 22., Bob Kehr ([email protected]) sent us this video. Daughter Rebecca finished her orthodontic residency at UConn and works in Florida too! Many report what they had, or had not, been able to do during that period and well catch up with some of them here, in the new online column (which first posted in late July). How are you planning to spend the holidays? John Cecilia, [email protected]; tel., (312) 524-2912. If you didnt, please take a moment to submit an online news form or send a message or holiday letter directly to: Jason Georges, [email protected]. DeanS.C. Hollister, who had been planning the development of a new engineering quadrangle for a number of years, was fully aware of the fragmented state of housing for electrical engineering. Katie attends school in person a few times a week, so she is at home more. Companies and orchestras with which she has appeared include Boheme Opera NJ, Amato Opera, Pennsylvania Lyric Opera Theater, Buck Hill-Skytop Music Festival, Lansdowne Symphony, Orchestra Society of Philadelphia, and more. Carolyn Deckinger Lang, [email protected]. Like all of us, she notes that being able to be vaccinated early made being older a very good designation. He also appreciates the time hes had to be with his family, which includes six grandchildren, and to be with his friends. Check out the episode here.Looking forward to sharing more exciting stories with everyone next year! Sadly, he died in August and will be greatly missed by many, including his endocrine patients, his medical students, and the SUNY Upstate Medical community. Joyce Zelkowitz Cornett, [email protected]. The response was terrific. Phillips will likely also be renovated soon after this photo was taken. But I know weve faced a lot of challenges too, and Im sending love and support, especially to those of you for whom things have been hard. Her oldest daughter, Rebecca, is working on a two-year program in prosthetics after graduating from Western U. As part of Reunion, our class council has decided to sponsor the cost of creation and dissemination of a digital memento for the Class of 82 in which all members of our class are invited to create a page online with a few photographs (current and/or past) and a simple write-up with updates on what you all have been up to in your lives. Online news form. About the pandemic and COVID-19, he reports that he hasnt sung a note in a year and misses his three singing groups! Specific trainings are required. Online news form. Ryan co-created the new Alliances universe alongside the legendary late Stan Lee and Luke Lieberman. I also received notice that Harriet Parshall Wood passed away on December 27, 2020, just days before her 97th birthday. We look forward to hearing about the great things our classmates are doing via news and notes submissions; until then, all the best. I am a chef at our family restaurant and am teaching and writing about international cuisine and gardening. The other big change we noticed was inside Uris Library, where my beloved sleeping bays in the Cocktail Lounge have been replaced by high-backed, futuristic-looking chairs (although I do like the new workspaces facing Libe Slope). I hope you found our column! Bob likes reading the Class Notes, so he figured it was time to contribute something. The series is scheduled to start at 4 p.m. on Friday and conclude with a doubleheader on Saturday starting at 12:30 p.m. Friday, April 28 Niemand-Robinson Field | Ithaca, N.Y. at Cornell - 11:00 a.m. (DH) Online news form. After 30 years the EE School once again found itself in cramped quarters and discussions of plans for a new building were initiated. Please request a room key from Patricia L. Gonyea ([email protected]) or Scott Albrecht ([email protected]). Madeline Farber recently published her first book of poetry, less on that later. What's notable about this photo is that it represents a postwar style in which all of the Engineering Quadrangle buildings were constructed. Barbara Bova Hamilton, last in this column 31 years ago, reports shes now doubly retired: from Oakland U. as professor emeritus of rhetoric, and from her own company, Test Preparation Services Inc. Barbara and her husband, Robert McGowan, have for the last three decades lived on Bittersweet Farm near Clarkston, MI, just north of Detroit and not far from Oakland U. No seeing friends and relatives on a regular basis. Recognized as a 40 Under 40 honoree by the Chambers of Commerce of both Alexandria and Arlington, VA, Tom has earned a reputation in affordable housing within the D.C. metro area. Last year, the pull of family and growing grandchildren called us back to North Carolina, where we have moved to the Cypress of Raleigh Life Plan Communitywhich is full of neighbors with fascinating backgrounds. (AOA)the oldest orthopaedic association in the worldmaking history as the first woman president.